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Hepatoma presenting as a retro‐orbital metastasis
Author(s) -
Zubler Mary Anne,
Rivera Ragene,
Lane Montague
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19811015)48:8<1883::aid-cncr2820480828>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , disease , dermatology , cancer , pathology
Patients with hepatomas who present primarily with symptoms of metastatic disease are rare. A case is described of a patient whose initial manifestation of disease was related to a retro‐orbital mass. The literature concerning orbital metastases is reviewed.